This was the third of ten aircraft ordered new by Ansett - February 13, 1985

Ansett was the launch customer for this aircraft type

It was originally allocated the c/n '10698' but it was changed by Fokker when new c/n series introduced for F27-050s

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as 'PH-EXP' with the export registration 'E-906' - October 13, 1986

Registered to Fokker Aircraft BV, Amsterdam

First flown at Amsterdam (Schiphol) as 'PH-EXP' - November 07, 1987

Cancelled from the Dutch Aircraft Register - November 23, 1987

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-FNC - November 23, 1987

Registered to JL Leasing Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan

Leased to Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Ltd as the registered operartor

Accepted by Ansett at Amstedam (Schiphol) - November 24, 1987

The aircraft was configured to seat 50 passengers

Departed Amsterdam (Schiphol) on the delivery flight to Australia as AN50 - November 25, 1987

It arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on completion of the delivery flight - December 01, 1987

Delivery route: Amsterdam - Athens - Cairo - Bahrain - Karachi - Calcutta - Bangkok - Seletar - Denpasar -

Darwin - Mt Isa - Sydney

Flight crew: Captains C. Harrold, C. L. Young, R. Hornsby; LAMEs K. Newton, M. Katia, J. Goodwin

Leased to Air N. S. W. - December 21, 1987

Operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Dubbo as WX900 - December 21, 1987

Air N. S. W. was renamed Ansett N. S. W. - March 01, 1990

Ansett N. S. W. was renamed Ansett Express - November 28, 1990

Commenced Ansett Express services - April 08, 1991

It was used mainly on the Sydney - Canberra - Melbourne shuttle services

Aircraft had flown 9,825 hours with 11,559 cycles - June 30, 1993

Transferred to Ansett Australia when Ansett Express services were merged withthe parent airline - October 30, 1993

Operated its final Ansett Australia revenue service Sydney - Wagga Wagga - Sydney - June 30, 1995

Leased to Flight West Airlines - August 12, 1995

Returned to Ansett at end of lease - August 21, 1995

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Perth for lease to Skywest Airlines - March 31, 1996

Operated its first Skywest revenue service - April 01, 1996

Withdrawn from Skywest service - May 03, 1996

Ferried Perth - Whyalla - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) on return to Ansett Australia - May 03, 1996

Returned to service with Ansett Australia

Operated its final Ansett revenue service Coffs Harbour - Sydney (Capt P. Eccen) as AN545 - June 29, 1996

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Tullamarine) for maintenance and lease preparation - June 30, 1996

Leased to Skyways AB, Linkoping, Sweden

Departed Melbourne (Tullamarine) on the ferry flight to Sweden as AN294 - July 26, 1996

It arrived at Linkoping aon completion of the ferry flight - July 31, 1996

Ferry route: Melbourne - Alice Springs - Broome - Denpasar - Soel - Bangkok - Calcutta - Mumbai - Muscat -

Riyadh - Larnaca - Otopini - Linkoping

Flight crew: Captains G. Eastaway, G. Leedham; Engineers J. Toner, J. Fowke

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - August 14, 1996

Entered onto the Swedish Aircraft Register as SE-LEH - August 14, 1996

Registered to Ansett Aviation Equipment Pty Ltd

Leased to Skyways as the registered operator

Ferried Linkoping - Stockholm (Arlanda) - August 20, 1996

Sold by Ansett Aviation Equipment Pty Ltd (Subject to Deed of Company Arrangement) to

AeroCentury Corp, Burlingame, CA, USA - April 07, 2004

The lease to Skyways was continued

It was observed at Stockholm (Arlanda) with 'Varmland' promotional titles - January 27, 2007

It was observed at Stockholm (Arlanda) in an all-white livery with small 'Skyways' titles - April 26, 2009

Skyways AB filed for bankruptcy and ceased all operations - May 21, 2012

The aircraft was stored at Sundsvall until returned to the lessor - June 2012

Ferried Sundsvall - Jonkoping - June 7, 2012

Ferried Jonkoping - Maastricht along with 'SE-LED' for storage - June 28, 2012

Cancelled from the Swedish Aircraft Register - August 24, 2012

Entered onto the Dutch Aircraft Register as PH-MUJ - August 29, 2012

Registered to SAMCO Aircraft Maintenance BV

Test flown Maastricht - Maastricht - July 22, 2014

Entered onto the Kenya Aircraft Register as 5Y-SED - September 2014

Registered to Skyward International Aviation Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya

It was observed at Maastricht as '5Y-SED' - September 12, 2014

Ferried Maastricht - Heraklion - Khartoum - Nairobi in an 'all-white' livery - September 13, 2014

Skyward International Aviation Ltd was renamed Skyward Express Ltd - April 1016

Leased to Air Djibouti as the registered operator - 2018

It was observed at Qardho, Somalia with a large 'Air Djibouti' sticker - April 06, 2018

It was observed at Juba, South Sudan operating for Safe Air Company - October 29, 2019

Current status - ?